Collapsible display stand



May 27, 1930. M. J. Mmmm 1,760,309

COLLAPS IBLE DI SPLAY STAND Filed Dec. 18, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l f zi Z 242 zff 23, Q j

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COLLAPSIBLE DISPLAY STAND Filed Deo. 18, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 l l l INVENTOR WHSM l l Il, l [Il 7,; ATTORNEY Patented May 27, 1930 A MURRAY'J. MARRITS, OIE*l NEW YORK, N.

f COLLAPSIBLE DISPLAY STAND Application led December 18, 1928. Serial No. 326,719.

My invention relates to stands of the type used ingrocery and other stores for the display of goods in package forni, i. e., goods put up in cans, cai-tons and the like. It is the 5 usual custom to display such goods by placing them loosely on shelving. stands, or in stacked relation. lVhen so supported, the owner is subjected to more or less loss from theft 'of the goods, which is particularly heavy in those 10 instances where the goods are displayed in the front of stores or in open spaces in the stores readily accessible to the public. Furthermore, when the goods are displayed in the loose forin referred to, particularly when' in 15 stacked relation, they are liable to fall when pushed against, in which event the packages are subject to damage, through breakage, or

other injury such as denting of the cans, with wise thereof, as at 7 to permit of their adcoiisequent loss to the owner.

20 lVith the foregoing in mind, it has been the object of my invention to provide an. im-

Any suitable means may be employed to seproved display stand by means of 'which packaged goods in any desired quantities may be openly displayed in stack form without 2 liability of loss from theft or otherwise. This object I attain by means of the improved stand hereinafter described and claimed and which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, vin whichy Figure 1 is a front elevation of a display stand embodying my invention having a quantity of cannedgoods mounted thereon in'` stacked relation. i

Figs. 2 and 3 are top and side views respectively, of the same. Y

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional .detail-showing the flanged construction of the lower or base plate of the standand the connection therewith of the standard with which the several package supporting and holding plates of the stand connect.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged end view of one of thepackage supporting plates, showing an adjustable feature of same.

Fig. 6 is a section through'the same plate looking in the opposite direction from that of Fig. 5. n

Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation of the stan in a somewhat modied form, and

Fig. 8 is a. top/plan view of the same.

being a looseone to permit of their spacing or adjustment relatively to each other according to the height of the packages to be sup-l ported thereon.

- Each of the supporting plates is provided at its outer edge with an uptuined flange or rib, such as 6, for engaging with the lower edges of the packages on the plate to retain them against horizontal displacement thereon'. Each oftheplates is also divided lengthjustnient in a transverse direction whereby to adapt them to packages of different sizes.

cure the plate sections in their adjusted relation, the means here shown comprising a fastening'strip- 8 at each end of the plate adapted for adjustable connection-with thc end flanges thereof by means of screws or vbolts 9 passing through openingsl() and 1l.

inthe fastening strip and plate flanges re.-

the plates may be readily adjusted to adapt vthem for packages of different sizes, and ewhen the sections comprising each of the 4 `same are. spaced apart, the.V fastening strips or plates 8 serve to bridge the space. between the adjacent ends of thesepaiated flanges 6, as shown in Figs.l 5 and 6.

Iii the 4use of my improved stand as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive, a row of calls 9 '2 will preferably be of less length than the lower one but in any event will be of suiicient lengthto partially overlie all of the cans of the first row ortier as shown. Further rows will'then be stacked on the additional plates i so 3 and 4 in the same Way until the top is reached as shown.

The several plates, l, 2, 3 and 4, as hereinbefore referred to, are held in superimposed relation by connection with a standard 5, which latter has a fixed connection with the base plate, here shown (see Fig. 4) as `a screw-threaded connection with a socket piece 15 at the rear side of said plate. The connection of the other plates with this standard is a sliding one and is effected by means of a perforated extension 16 at the rear of each through which the standard loosely eX- tends. W'ith such loose or sliding connection of the plates with the standard, they are readily adjusted to the different heights of the cans or packages being stacked and s0 permit of the ready and compact stacking of the same. f

After stacking of the cans in the way described, they are next secured against removal from their supporting plates by means of a fastening cap or plate 1'7 carried by the standard and engaging with the upper side of the top can. this fastening plate cooperating with the base plate to hold the interposed rows of cans and their supporting` plates against vertical movement relatively to each other and thereby securing the cans against removal from their supporting plates in a horizontal direction through the engagement therewith of the retaining side Y flanges 6.

After the cans have been thus stacked and secured, the only Way of removing them from the stand Without loosening up or removal of the cap plate 17 is to swing any of the plates in a horizontal direction about the standard 5 and thereby expose the underlying can or cans. This would be difficult to accomplish because of the friction between the parts, particularly if the cap plate 17 was secured down tightly, but in order to prevent possibility of such horizontal movement of the plates, each of the same above the base plate is provided with downwardly projecting lugs, such as 18, `at their front and rear edges, which engage the upper ends of the immediately underlying cans, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and thereby lock the plates against horizontal movement such as referred to. y

The cap plate 17 may bc adjustably con nected with the standard in any suitablewvay. As here shown. it is carried by the horizontal arm 20 of a rod 21 slidably fitted Within the upper tubular end of the standard 5 in which it is held for Vertical adjustment by means of an engaging set-screw 22 mounted in the head of the standard. During stacking of the cans, the plat-e 17 may be raised or swungI laterally out of the Way, but after the stacking is completed said plate is brought down tightly against the upper side of the top can to thereby lock the several rows together as a single unit, after which it is secured in such position by tightening the set-screw 22. As a means of positioning the fastening plate 17 horizontally with respect to the stack, it has a sliding connection with its supporting arm by means of a horizontally perforated block 23 thereon which receives said arm therethrough. A set-scre-W 24 in said vhead engaging with the arm serves as a means to secure the plate in adjusted position on the latter.

As a means for carrying a display card for price or other indicia, the plate 17 is provided with a suitable holder 25 therefor, which is preferably mounted on the upper side of the block 23 thereon. With the card holder thus supported, it is always in' position at the top of the stack irrespective of the height or form of the latter.

Referring now to Figs. 7 and 8, these show the stand adapted for a three tier stack inf stead of a four tier stack as in Figs. 1 to 4' inclusive, the only difference as to such feature being the elimination of one of the supporting plates. These figures also show the supporting plates drawn apart for the support of larger packages than those in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, in which latter the plates are shown as adjusted to their minimum width with their adjacent longitudinal edges abutting. l

In Figs. 1 and 6, the supporting plates above the base, as hereinbefore described, have a loose sliding connection with the standard 5 and are held down to their'position of holding engagement with the top of the underlying packages by means of the top or cap plate 17. In some instances I prefer to connect these plates with the standard by a screw-threaded connection, as shown at 30 in Fig. 7, whereby, when turned down against the tops of the immediately underlying packages, they will act toretain the latter in position on their supportsindependently of the cap plate, the latter in such case serving only to hold the top can or tier of cans in position.

In stacking cans in loose form as ordinarily. practiced, it is customary to start With a double or triple row as a base on which to stack the upper rows, in order to give the stack as a whole the necessary stability to maintain it against collapsing when subjected to any slight jarring or pushing. VVit-h my improved stand this is not necessary, as

the interlocking of the several rows or tiers placed thereon, the sections of said plate heing adjustable relatively t0 each other in a direction to vary the size of its package receiving area, means adjustably connecting the fianges of said sections for securing the latter in adjusted position, a top plate for holding the packages from the upper side thereof, and means for securing the top and hase plates in fixed relation.

2. A collapsible display stand, comprising a sectional base plate having flanges for holding engagement with the sides of packages placed thereonjthe sections of said plate being adj ustablel relatively to each other in a direction to vary the size of its package receiving area, fastening strips overlying the adj accent ends of the flanges at their points of division, means for adjustably fastening said strips to the flanges forsecuring the sections in adjusted position, a top plate for holding the packages from the upper side thereof,

and means for securing the top and base.`

plates in fixed relation.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

MURRAY J. MARRITS. 

